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•I * * • 4*" * Texas AcM DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION The B College alion WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER DEEP IN AGGIELAND TEXAS A. & M. VOLUME 44 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 15 ,1945 NUMBER 71 Naval Unit Stationed Here To Leave Campus Saturday Various Committees Named For Freshman Ball Mar. 23 Fitzwilliam Heads Ticket Committee; R. A. Stinson In Charge Of Decorations M. Y. Swatzell, president of the* Freshman class made further an nouncements today regarding the plans for the Freshman “Bluebon net” Ball which will be held Fri day night, March 23, in Sbisa Hall. Fish Swatzell said that a definite price of $1.50 per person or couple will be charged for the Ball, and that it will probably cost $1.00 per person, or couple for the Corps Ball that is to be held Saturday night, March 24. Though it is not yet final, ar rangements are being made so that the Freshmen’s dates will stay in dormitory 10. The dorm is now va cant as the Navy moved out re cently. No definite price has been set for the rooms, but it is expect ed that it will be announced by the end of this week. H. L. Boyer, who is in charge of the dormitories, announced that it will be impos- ible for the school to furnish bed ding and linens, and that they will have to be furnished by the stu dents. Students may sign up for room reservations Thursday, March 22nd. Though no definite price has been set for the rooms it is expect ed that it will be between $.50 and $.75. Tommy Fitzwilliam, Freshman in “C” Company, has been named chairman of the ticket committee. Fitzwilliam said that his committee consisted of eight men from the various Freshmen outfits. Mem bers of the committee are: J. D. Bonno, P. Hoover, J. R. Stewart, V. R. Schmidt, C. D. McIntosh, P. E. Green, Frog Wiegand and B. Mullens. R. A. Stinson Chairman of the decorations committee, announced that his group had made some defi nite plans as to the decorations, but as yet no final plans have been made. Members of the decorations committee are: R. D. Garrison, D. L. Mitchell, and R. A. Stinson. Music for the occasion will be furnished by the Aggieland Or chestra, under the direction of W. M. Turner. Fish Fitzwilliam, chair man of the ticket committee, asked that students who plan to attend the Ball buy their tickets from the various men in their dormitory as soon as possible so that an esti mation can be made as to the number of couples that will attend the Ball. Latin-American Students Honor Kyle At Banquet Students of the Texas A&M College from Latin American 'coun tries Sunday evening presented Ambassador E. J. Kyle with a parchment expressing appreciation for his efforts in creating a place for them in the curriculum of the College and wishing him success in his new position of Ambassador to Guatemala. Presentation was made by Ruben R. Caro Costas, president of the Texas A&M Latin American Club. Paul Campos Lynch, vice presi dent of the club, and Edwin Panin sky also pointed out the warm friendship and desire to help that the former dean of Agriculture has had for students at the Texas A&M College from the islands of the West Indies, and Central and South America. In accepting the parchment, Ambassador Kyle stated he had only one thing in mind in going to Guatemala and that was to bring about a better understanding be tween the people of the United States and the Central American Republic. Present at the dinner which was held at Aggieland Inn also were the following members of the Latin American Club of the Texas A&M College: Francisco Serna, secre tary, Guillermo Moncada, treas urer, Mario Urbina, Faustino Ro driguez, Abe Abraham, Gustavo Lares Ruiz, Marciano Aviles, Ro drigo Castro, Alvaro Facio, Alfon so Varela, Guillermo Rodriguez, Jorge Garron, Manuel Escobar, Fernando Sanchez, Enrique Cha- marro, Guillermo Elizondo, Alvaro Tinajero, Claudio Ortiz, Jaime Tor res, Armando Valle, Fernando Gon zales, J. C. Casas, F. E. Acosta and Oscar Jiminez. Among the College staff in at tendance were Joe J. Woolket, spon sor for the club, and Mrs. Woolket, Dean and Mrs. Chas. N. Shepard- son, Dr. Ide P. Trotter, Dr. and Mrs. Luther Jones, Dr. and Mrs. Guy W. Adriance, Dr. and Mrs. John Ashton, Dr. and Mrs. John Q. Hays, and Joe Skiles. ’46 Officers, As Corps Marched By In Practice Review wmtm. G. R. White, Brady Cattleman, Named President Of A. & M. Board Of Directors Colonel Willard Chevalier to Give Series of Lectures Coloner Willard Chevalier, USR, an outstanding lecturer and edi tor of Business Week, will give a series of lectures here beginning Thursday, March 22. No newcom er to the campus, Colonel ChevaK ier has appeared before the cadet corps and College Station residents several times in the past. He has visited the college consecutively for the last four years, giving a variety of lectures to different as sembled groups on the campus. Arriving on the Campus Thurs day, Chevalier will visit over the city, making no talks. His first appearance is scheduled for Friday evening at 7:30 p.m., when he will address the veterans in the lecture room of the Chemistry Building. On Monday, March 26, he will speak to the faculty and all desiring to attend, also at 7:30 p.m. in the Chemistry Building. Tuesday, at 11 a.m., he will speak to the new Freshmen in the Y chapel, and will address the entire corps in Guion Hall at 4 p.m. that afternoon. He will wind up his appearances on the campus Wednesday when he will speak to the Engineering Faculty at 4 p.m. in the Civil En gineering Lecture room. By profession, Colonel Chevalier is a Civil Engineer, he also saw action in the last war as a Captain, Major, and Lt. Colonel in the 11th U. S. Engineers. Other Girls Just Dont Compare With The Tessyites, Student Poll Reveals By L. H. Calahan A survey was made among var ious men on the campus recently to determine what girls at what school treated the Aggies the best, as a whole. As could be expected, good old T.S.C.W. won hands down, although Texas ran a pret ty close second. Your roving re porter tried to make the rounds of all the great lovers of the cam pus, and therefore their views should be fairly accurate. Butch Butchofsky, past com mander of the corps, said that he believed the girls from Tessie- land paid more attention to the lads in khaki as a whole, but cer tain individuals up in the Capital city were pretty good entertainers also. Butch said that the Tessies will always treat the Aggies swell because they are just like brothers and sisters, oh brother! Speaking on the social gatherings held by both T.S.C.W. and Texas, he had this to say, “T.S.C.W. parties . . . Hallaluah! . . . Texas U. parties.. Ahhhhhhhhhh! Bill Geer, football star, also is of the opinion that the girls from Denton pay more, and better at tention to the Farmers than do the ferns from other Texas col leges, but he believes that the gals from the land of Tea run a close second. On a whole, Geer said, you can’t beat the Tessies for a swell and lively time, but T. U. is sec ond for a SPECIAL REASON. Johnny Spragins, senior, says that T.S.C.W. women are beyond a doubt partial to Aggies, and therefore treat them better than any other group of females. Spra gins said that the Denton Dishes realize what the score is and don’t make any bones about it when it comes to Aggies. T. U. girls are o. k., though, he said. Roy Bandy, sophomore, said that since he is a man who knows all about college women, he feels that he is able to make an honest and true statement. Bandy feels that Texas’ women go for the Aggies quicker than the other schools, and they also show the boys a good time whenever they are around the T. U. campus. He believes that the T. U. girls know what they want and that’s why they go for the Farmers in a big way. Dick Baugh who has never been to T.S.C.W. but knows quite a few of its inmates, says that as far as he’s concerned there is no other girls school in the state. He said that they seem to be the most co-operative with the Aggies because they are so much alike; Both away from the opposite sex most of the time. Bob Wilson cast his vote for ole’ Orange and White saying, I’ve been with more girls from T. U. than any other school, and so from what I’ve seen the gals really treat the boys swell, but I might feel different had I gone with more of the girls from the other colleges. Wilson has been to Den ton only once, and he said that he would very much like to go back real soon. Tommy League falls in line with a few of the rest and says the women from Texas come first with him. He said that these girls real ly appreciate the Aggies, while others just take them for granted. League has only one complaint about T.S.C.W., it should be moved closer to Dallas. These opinions are from a small number of men around the cam pus, but they are from men who really know what they are talking about, and are capable of giving a true picture of the subject of col lege women, and the Aggies. Kokernot Elected Vice Pres. At Arlington Meet G. R. White of Brady was elect ed president and Herbert Kokernot of Alpine, vice president, by the A. & M. College board of directors at their annual meeting held at the North Texas Agricultural Col lege at Arlington Saturday. In addition to routine business the board had as its guest Dudley K. Woodward, chairman of the University of Texas boai'd of re gents. Woodward discussed legis lative matters of interest to the two institutions. Among the items transacted at the business meeting were: Authorization of appointment of a poultry marketing specialist for Texas at the request of the indus try. Annual appropriation of $12,- 500 for the office will come from pure feed funds collected by the college. Appropriated funds to carry out provisions of the blanket salary increase voted by the legislature for all state employees. An emer gency appropriation will provide funds for employees on state funds and all college employees earning less than $3000 annually will be granted increases. Authorized expenditure of $37,- 000 for cement walks on the A. & M. College carripus. Confirmed award of contract for 40,000 feet of asphalt tile for the academic building to Miller Broth ers’ Floor company of Houston at a cost of $5600. Gave authority for the college to accept as a gift 12.9 acres of land in Lavaca county for tomato dis ease investigations. Authorized lease of office and laboratory space for pink boll- worm investigations in El Paso county for which the Legislature already has passed an emergency appropriation. Authorized President Gibb Gil christ to submit to the legislature a request to dedicate to the use of Prairie View state normal and in dustrial college the 1388 acres of land it now occupies, and to ask that 110 acres not used be dis posed of. McNew To Address Brazos County Exes On Monday Evening J. T. L. McNew, vice president for Engineering, will be the fea tured speaker at the monthly meeting of the Brazos County A. & M. Club 8:00 p.m. Monday at the Bryan Country Club. The for mer lieutenant colonel of the Army’s Engineering Corps will re late his experiences in the China- Burma-India theatre and gave his impression of the peoples of these countries. Other routine business of the club will be transacted, including arrangements for the annual Ag gie Muster to be held April 21, Secretai-y Fred Hale has announc ed. All former students of the Tex as A. & &M. College in this section are invited to be present at this meeting. Agricultural Fellowships To Be Offered An announcement from the Dan- forth Foundation that freshman and junior fellowships will again be offered to Texas A. & M. agri cultural students in 1945 has been received in Dean of Agriculture C. N. Shepardson’s office. These fellowships provide for all-expense trips to St. Louis and Michigan during the summer. The Danforth Foundation program has two ma jor divisions—one dealing with freshmen and the second with jun ior students. The freshman division scholar ship provides for a two-week pe riod spent in the American Youth Foundation camp at New Era, Michigan. The main purpose of this camp is leadership training, and while here the camper has op portunities to develop himself along the lines of the four-fold program of the camp. These four fields are social, mental, religious, and phys ical. Combined with this individual development program is an up-to- date sports program. Classes are handled by some of the most dis tinguished and experienced youth advisors in America. Camp Mini- wanca is located on the eastern banks of Lake Michigan and has all the facilities of the better equipped summer camps in the United States. Sailing, swimming, canoeing, and a number of other summer sports comprise the after noon activities of campers. The dates for Camp Miniwanca this (See SCHOLARSHIPS, Page 6) College Station Scouts Collect 14 Tons Waste Paper College Station*. Boy and Cub Scouts have collected 28,400 pounds of waste paper for the war effort in the past four months, according to Dr. Luther G. Jones, chairman of the Scout paper collections. Dr. Jones praised residents of the Col lege Station community and offices on the A&M College campus for their cooperation in these drives. The three groups collecting the paper and placing it in hands of a buyer for shipment to a processing center are Troop 102, C. J. Hesse, scoutmaster Troop 411, E. H. Brock, scoutmaster, and the Cubs under P. J. Alwin Zeller. These boys made collections as follows: Dec. 9, 3,260 pounds; Jan. 6, 7,900 pounds; Feb. 16, 9,440 pounds, and March 3, 7,800 pounds. “We are now in the paper-drive month for the War Production Board and the Scouts are doing everything they can to fill the badly needed paper quotas, not only in College Station and Bryan, but also all over the country. Scouts are rendering service to their government in the only way those in these age brackets can be of service,” Dr. Jones said. Two Schools Established Here For Trainees In 1942 Navy Now Consolidating, Decommissioning Contracts In Favor of Schools At Stations By Lt.-Comdr. Jean A. Lambert, USNR The closing of the Naval Training Schools at the A. & M. College of Texas and the departure of the bluejackets from this campus not only mark the end of a unique asso ciation of Army and Navy training programs, but also signify the end of a vital, although somewhat hectic, per iod of training and preparation for war by the military es tablishments of this country. Although the United States undertook its program of 'irearmament in the summer and Ninety-Two Cadets On Last Semester Distinguished List Five Students Receive Maximum Grade Points With 3.00 Average Ninety-two Texas A. & M. Col lege students made the distin guished list for the recent school semester, according to a list re leased by H. L. Heaton, registrar. These students had no grade below “C” and a grade point average of not less than 2.25 per credit hour for the semester beginning Oct. 2, 1944, and ending Feb. 3, 1945. Five of the students made a grade point ratio of 3.00, the high est given. These were: Marciano Aviles Cordero, Puerto Rico, grad uate student in Agricultural Eco nomics; Rafael H. Cintron, Puerto Rico, graduate student in Horticul ture; Malcolm A. Horton, Gold- thwaite, sophotnore in Mechanical Engineering; Paul F. Jungerman, Dallas, sophomore In Veterinary Medicine, and John M. Sellen, Lub bock, freshmen in Civil Engineer ing. Sixth on the list was James C. Thompson, Hebronville, freshman in Science, with grade point ratio of 2.94. Filling out the highest ten grade point ratio with 2.90 each were: Harry J. Auvermann, Fort Worth, freshman in Electrical En- fall of 1940, the attack on Pearl Harbor found our Army and Navy in a state of readiness not scaled or developed to meet the previous ly unimagined technical and per sonnel demands of a total war. The Navy, called upon to protect the vital supply lines to Europe and Australia, desperately needed more ships, more equipment, more qual ified men to man both ships and equipment. Selective service could provide the men, but how could they be trained quickly and thoroughly to meet the emergency facing us ? Modern war, with the inventive energy it unleashed, was being fought with highly refined, tech nical weapons. The Navy needed machinst mates, electrician mates, radiomen, radio technicians, qual ified Diesel engineers. But where were the teachers, the school rooms, the laboratory equipment to come from? The Navy, to grow from one hundred thousand men to three million, was not equipped with sufficient instructors to meet these pressing, immediate demands. The Navy soon learned that radio technician had to be put into train ing one year before he would be qualified fo duty at sea in that capacity. That meant no time could be wasted, no delay could be countenanced. The problem was solved by turn ing to the leading colleges and universities of our country and ob taining their assistance, making use of their equipment, hiring their faculties, and so, the Navy gineering; O. Clyde Cecil, Hous-1 contract schools came into being, ton, freshman in Civil Engineer- l In April of 1942, two such schools ing; Robert L. Cleland, Genoa, freshman in Chemical Engineering, and Shannon Jones, Jr., Kaufman, sophomore in Liberal Arts. The following are listed as dis tinguished students: Alan D. Albert, Tom K. Alley, Archie B. Ammons, Harry J. Au- verman, H. C. Avery, Marciano Aviles-Cordero, Quin M. Baker, (See CADTES, Page 6) were commissioned at the A. & M. College of Texas, one to train radiomen, the other to train radio technicians. Into these schools came bluejackets from all over the coun try, men of selected intelligence. The blue of the Navy and the khaki of the Aggies and the Army units at A. & M. became a custo mary sight for the members of this (See NAVAL UNIT, Page 6) M. P. Greenwood-Adams To Lecture In Last Of Rotary Sponsored Programs M. P. Greenwood-Adams, noted journalist and lecturer, will dis cuss “Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands” as a phase of new forces in world affairs Friday in two lectures in Bryan and Col lege Station. The first will be at 12:45 p.m. at Stephen F. Austin High School before the combined high school student bodies in Brazos county, and the second at 7:30 p.m. before the general pub lic at the College Station First Baptist Church. This is the last of four lectures by the Institute of International Understanding which are sponsor ed locally by the Bryan Rotary Club. They have been contracted to give residents, service men and students an opportunity of head ing about world problems in terms of the relationship of peoples in the world to each other. There is no admission charge to these lectures and the general public is urged to attend, said George Garrett, president of the Bryan Rotary Club. Mr. Greenwood-Adams was born and educated in Melbourne, Aus tralia, where he is widely known as a former all-round amateur athlete. He has traveled extensively through Australia, New Zealand, the Dutch Indies, and other Pa cific islands, and Europe. While M. P. Greenwood-Adams ★ serving on the staff of a weekly newspaper he become a popular contributor to various magazines published in Australia. For the past twenty years Mr. Greenwood-Adams has been lectur ing extensively around the world, doing a series of lectures in the Philharmonic Hall in London, for the National Geographic Society in Washington, and for men in the armed services under the direction of the Public Service Division of the U. S. War Department.